From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please backport commit 13e3a512a290 (i2c: smbus: Support up to 8 SPD EEPROMs)
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:35:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4fa53db0-358d-4e30-bcfa-745cab71fa72@molgen.mpg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2024032713-atom-saxophone-0c15@gregkh>
[Cc: +I2C folks]
Dear Greg,
Am 27.03.24 um 17:52 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 04:13:26PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
>> Please apply commit 13e3a512a290 (i2c: smbus: Support up to 8 SPD EEPROMs)
>> [1] to the stable series to get rid of a warning and to support more SPDs.
>> That commit is present since v6.8-rc1.
>
> How far back?
I’d say 6.1.
> But isn't this a new feature, why is it needed in older kernels?
> It's not a fix for a regression.
decode-dimm does not work on systems with more than four SPD EEPROMs, so
I’d say it’s a fix.
Kind regards,
Paul
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2024-03-27 20:35 ` Paul Menzel [this message]
2024-03-28 6:10 ` Please backport commit 13e3a512a290 (i2c: smbus: Support up to 8 SPD EEPROMs) Greg KH
2024-03-28 14:51 ` Jean DELVARE
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